To be a good taxi driver in New York, you have to look ahead and think ahead. “You see a garbage truck in the street, you don’t go into that street. It will take you 20 minutes to get out of there, and time is money.” Another tip: ”When you get in an accident, don’t panic… The less you say the better.”
Those sagacious gems of advice to a new taxi driver are captured in a documentary from Weinstein Film Productions about life as a cabbie called “Drivers Wanted.” The filmmakers hailed rides around the city to interview mechanics, owners, and fiesty office clerks in a long-established cab company in Queens, NY and deliver a deeper look at an iconic, and “slightly seedy” NY institution: the yellow cab.
The highlight of the film, at least based on the early tid bits we’ve seen, is “Spider” a 93 year-old cabbie who just retired. To drive 12 hours a day for 45 years you have to have an unusual relationship with the city’s 6174 miles of road, and “Spider” does: ”I love the traffic. The worse the traffic, the better I like it. It keeps me alert.”
The film opens in NYC tonight and to wider release in the coming weeks. Find theaters here.
Watch the trailer:
Did anyone attend?
You could see the Drivers Wanted documentary until December 6, at 147 Front Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn. It hopefully will be online soon!
I hope this film also mentioned how to deal with passenger of their hugh $1.00 donation tip to the driver after service render regarding of the fare. I also would like to see in this film to instruct passenger on an appropiate tipping in the united states or go on line to check out NYC tipping guide.
Watch the full version here: http://vimeo.com/54732595
I saw the film, what is main point. what message is this film trying to tell the public?